The first table below looks at the demand for Node.js skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Node.js over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Cheshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Nodejs
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Node.js 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £375 £175
% change year-on-year
-26.66% +114.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
165 236 266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.57% 29.57% 26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 127 176
Average daily rate £350 £336 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.32% -4.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £273 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 3
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -13.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Node.js
North West

Node.js
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Node.js across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cheshire Node.js Jobs Demand Trend

Node.js
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Node.js across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Node.js Daily Rate Trend

Node.js
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Node.js also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Node.js.

1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) jQuery
3 1 (33.33%) WordPress
3 1 (33.33%) HTML5
3 1 (33.33%) CSS3
3 1 (33.33%) KnockoutJS

Node.js
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Node.js also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Node.js. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) HTML5
2 1 (33.33%) CSS3
2 1 (33.33%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) WordPress
General
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Web Developer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Front-End Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) C#